I mean, Burton was a producer on this film, not a director. Coming up with the idea and then hiring great people was the extent of his involvement as far as I know.
On the Disney VHS' there were always trailers for other movies before the actual movie started. So a few of mine had the trailer of Nightmare before Christmas and I hated it. It always scared me and I didn't like that weird expressionistic style.
Today I love the movie, maybe it's some kind of trauma bonding π